Adjunct Faculty at Lesley University

This web page contains information related to your upcoming vote about whether or not you want to be represented by the Service Employees International Union regarding your employment conditions at Lesley.

Dear Adjunct Faculty Members:

This web page contains information related to your upcoming vote about whether or not you want to be represented by the Service Employees International Union regarding your employment conditions at Lesley.

We encourage you and all members of the Lesley University community to consider all perspectives and all information. It is important that everyone in our community understand this process and contribute in their own way to the open discussion and the positive, thoughtful tone we expect to maintain.

Lesley University respects your right to engage in this process, your right to discuss it openly and without fear of any retribution, and your right to vote to determine the outcome of this election.

This important decision about who represents you at Lesley will affect all adjunct faculty. But only those who vote will determine the outcome, even for those who do not vote. Therefore, we encourage you to vote and make sure your opinion is counted.

Lesley University is committed to the following principles throughout this process:

We will be respectful and accurate in all of our communications and meetings; we have not and will not disparage unions or the unionization process

We have not and will not use external communications’ consultants to influence adjuncts prior to their vote

We will not allow retaliation directed at any employee involved in any part of this process leading up to and following the vote

We will share our perspective about what the choice (voting yes or no) means for Lesley’s adjunct faculty

Sincerely,

Joseph B. MoorePresident

Selase W. WilliamsProvost

Additional Information:

To see the December 3rd letter from Provost Williams, click here [.pdf].

To see the January 6th letter from President Moore and Provost Williams and an attachment explaining the process, click here [.pdf].

To see the January 17th letter from President Moore and Provost Williams inviting adjunct faculty to a meeting later in January, click here [.pdf].

To see the January 28th letter from President Moore and Provost Williams sharing their perspective about what the unionization choice means for adjunct faculty at Lesley, click here [.pdf].

To see the February 4th letter from President Moore and Provost Williams encouraging adjunct faculty members to vote and sharing their perspective about what the unionization choice means for adjunct faculty at Lesley, click here [.pdf].

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